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UConn guard Azzi Fudd dribbling a basketball at Creighton v. Connecticut game in 2025
Sports Marketing

The most marketable college athletes in winter sports: report

UConn women’s basketball star Azzi Fudd was named the most marketable athlete in a winter sport by NIL platform Out2Win.


Arch Manning playing for the Texas Longhorns
Sports Marketing

10 college football players for marketers to watch

Quarterbacks dominate the list, put together by SponsorUnited.


2025 CFP National Championship
Sports Marketing

The most marketable college athletes in fall sports: report

While college football players may be natural choices for NIL deals, a few college soccer stars are topping 1 million TikTok followers, and some volleyball and field hockey players are scoring high engagement, according to NIL platform Out2Win.


Paige Bueckers/UConn v. JuJu Watkins/USC March 2024
Sports Marketing

Football, basketball players score most NIL deals: report

JuJu Watkins and RJ Davis, both basketball players, topped the lists of women and men athletes with the most brand partnerships, according to SponsorUnited.


Collaged images of Paige Bueckers and JuJu Watkins in a Gatorade and State Farm ad. (Credit: Illustration: Anna Kim, Photos: @Gatorade, @StateFarm/YouTube)
Sports Marketing

Women’s March Madness boomed in 2024. Can 2025 maintain the momentum?

Brand execs are finding no shortage of on- and off-court talent for campaigns, and “we’d love to sign everybody,” one exec said.


LSU v. Iowa March Madness 2024
Sports Marketing

NIL deals are distributed evenly between men and women, report says

That marks a shift from last year, when NIL deals skewed more toward men than women athletes, according to SponsorUnited.


Caitlin Clark during LSU v. Iowa 2024 March Madness game
Sports Marketing

‘A different ballgame’: Why Caitlin Clark is an advertiser’s dream

In addition to breaking records on the court, Clark is also dazzling her sponsors. “She’s jump-started a new era of basketball,” a Gatorade exec said.

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